Straight man of steel

Chapter 386 No trust

Until Liu Che learned all the details from Zhang Yuan, Chu Da, who was kneeling outside, was not allowed to come in.

It can be seen from this that the anger in Liu Che's heart has not been suppressed.

Even a major event that benefits the big man cannot make Liu Che shake his original intention.

When Zhang Yuan came out of Yutang Hall, he had one more edict in his hand than when he came in.

It is the imperial edict that entrusts Chu Da with the title of Daxing, and that he can form a mission of [-] people to go to the Jingjue Kingdom in the Western Regions.

Jingjue Kingdom was proposed by Zhang Yuan, and it is relatively mysterious deep in the desert. Even the Huns who now control the countries in the Western Regions are not very familiar with it.

The position of Daxing has been vacant for a long time. In order to attract the attention of the Huns to Chu Da, and to be able to reuse Chu Da as soon as he took refuge in the Huns, Liu Che was willing to pay the capital.

Of course the key is to hide the deeper chess in order to bury the next step.

If Chu Da was just a small official, even if he surrendered to the Huns, the big man would kill his whole family, but there is no need to send all the heads to the Huns.

If Chu Da was a senior official of the Han Dynasty, the effect would be completely different, his credibility would be greatly improved, and he would even be able to deceive the people and officials of the Han Dynasty.

"Brother Chu, get up, Your Majesty has agreed to our plan."

Zhang Yuan waved the edict on his hand, then stepped forward and helped Chu Da up.

The attitude of the eunuch who sent Zhang Yuan out also changed 180 degrees. He didn't understand Liu Che and Zhang Yuan's plan, but he understood that the former Shaofu Ling was now the senior official of the big man again.

"Daxing, your official uniform and official seal will be delivered to Daxing's official residence tomorrow."

Chu Da nodded for a moment, didn't say much, and walked out slowly with Zhang Yuan's support.

Lurking on the side of the Xiongnu is extremely risky. Even if the plan is successful, whether he can come back alive is another matter.

While walking Zhang Yuan, he told Chu Da some of Liu Che's ideas and conditions.

Chu Da also listened very carefully.

"Brother Chu, His Majesty will place two embroidered emissaries by your side during this trip."

"If I really surrender to the Huns, will those two people kill me directly?"

Seeing Chu Da's unnatural expression, Zhang Yuan nodded helplessly.

Liu Che is clearly threatening Chu Da, and the [-]-member mission clearly told you that there are two embroidered clothes envoys in it.

But he didn't tell you who it was, so Chu Da couldn't believe anyone.

Because even if Chu Da confesses to the two embroidered messengers, the two people will still doubt whether Chu Da set off a smoke bomb.

As for complete trust, we can only wait until the intelligence effect given by Chu Da, who has won a complete victory in the big man, becomes apparent.

"But Brother Chu, you can rest assured, Your Majesty will not make fake plays for real!"

Seeing Chu Da's increasingly desperate expression, Zhang Yuan directly gave the answer to what Chu Da was most worried about.

Liu Che is a cold-blooded animal through and through, and Chu Da has no expectations for the safety of his family at all.

Who knows if Liu Che will hide the truth from all the Han officials and people, and really slaughter Chu Da's entire family. If this can increase the odds of winning the war against Hungary, Liu Che's final choice may really be to kill Chu Da's entire family.

"Then where will His Majesty arrange them?"

"I have already told His Majesty that my sister-in-law and several nephews can come to my house before you leave.

Then your main family has about 300 people. When things get critical, His Majesty will have them arrested and sent troops to Lantian Mountain.

This way you can hide it from everyone, and you don't have to worry about your family in the desert.

I assure Brother Chu, as long as Brother Chu does not fail me, I, Zhang Yuan, would rather give up this life than let anyone in your Chu family be harmed! "

Hearing Zhang Yuan's assurance, a smile appeared on Chu Da's disappointed face.

This smile is the only smile Zhang Yuan has shown since seeing Chu Da at the inn in Du County yesterday.

"A Yuan, I believe you!"

A few simple words made the burden on Zhang Yuan's shoulders a little heavier.

Not to mention whether Chu Da will really join the Huns, as long as the war is not going well, all the pressure will really be on Zhang Yuan alone.

Liu Che would definitely trouble Zhang Yuan. In the end, everyone in Dahan found that Chu's family was staying in Zhang Yuan's manor, and Zhang Yuan would really fall into the situation that everyone accused him of.

Then, in order to extinguish the anger of the people in the world, Liu Che would push Zhang Yuan out and behead him no matter how useful he was to the big man.

"We are brothers, why bother to talk so much."

After finishing speaking, Chu Da gave Zhang Yuan a big bear hug.

After leaving Jianzhang Palace, Zhang Yuan sent Chu Da to Daxing's mansion and left Chang'an.

There are still many things to be dealt with in Lantian Mountain. The Taixue matter, the expedition matter, and Chu Da's undercover matter must be related and a balance must be found.

And within a short period of time, an embroidered cloth messenger must be completely familiar with the map.

Yes.

Liu Che didn't let Zhang Yuan tell Chu Da the name of the embroidered clothes messenger, but he told Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan was also asked to teach at least one embroidered messenger to understand the map and tell the direction before Chu Da set off.

When forced to do so, the embroidered emissary would get away from the Xiongnu, and then return to the big man to tell Liu Che everything that happened.

If the two embroidered clothes envoys killed Chu Da who really surrendered to the Huns, and they themselves could not tell Liu Che the whole story because they had no way to escape, then Zhang Yuan would have an excuse to say that Chu Da's plan had been exposed, and then Killed by the Huns.

This is not what Liu Che wanted to see. If Chu Da really betrayed, the Chu family would not be able to survive alone. If he had not betrayed and was discovered, Liu Che would let the Chu family go.

As for letting Zhang Yuan come to teach the embroidered clothes envoy, there is no other way. Now the whole big man can't find a second person who is familiar with this desert map.

In addition, you can test Zhang Yuan by the way, or pass a voice to Zhang Yuan.

'I believe in you, don't let me down! '

Knowing everything but not being able to tell the people close to him, and the result is likely to cause harm to the people close to him, Zhang Yuan's heart is also incomparably tormented at this time.

Whether it is protection or harm is hard to say.

If the embroidered clothes envoy was unhappy with Zhang Yuan or Chu Da, then Zhang Yuan and Chu Da would have to die together.

Of course, for the safety of Chu Da and Zhang Yuan, Zhang Yuan told Chu Da the names and identities of the two embroidered clothes envoys, and then asked Chu Da to find a way to get rid of these two people.

But when Liu Che said this and looked at Zhang Yuan, the smile on his face made Zhang Yuan still feel a little chilly in his heart.

It seemed to be asking Zhang Yuan if he dared to bet.

Do you dare to bet that there are other messengers of embroidered clothes? If you win the bet, Zhang Yuan and Chu Da will definitely be fine. If you lose the bet, the end of the battle will be the day when Zhang Yuan and Chu Da die, or they may not wait until the end of the battle. Liu Che's dark son will run back to Chang'an to explain everything.

Because there were too many things in his heart, Zhang Yuan even almost fell off his horse several times on the way back.

It is simply impossible to sort out all the mysteries at once. Zhang Yuan wishes the system could help him come up with a plan, but this is obviously impossible.

By the time he got home, Zhang Yuan had already thought of several key points.

One is confidentiality. When Chu Da wants to send a message to Zhang Yuan, how to record the message will not let the Huns find out.

In other words, even if the Huns discovered it, they would not be able to understand the content of the news. It would be best if no one could understand it except Zhang Yuan and Chu Da.

The way to pass the message has been determined, that is, let the ghost slave pass it on, and then determine a place to find someone to meet.

It is absolutely impossible to let the ghost slave go directly to the Han army barracks swaggeringly. This kind of undercover thing is destined to be unbelievable to anyone, including Chu Da who has to hide some things that he can't let him know.

This is something that Chu Da must ask Zhang Yuan to solve.

The second is how to make Taixue students achieve the effect that Zhang Yuan wants to see in one year of training. It is easy to say, but it is actually very difficult to do.

Now there is one more contact with ghost slaves, which greatly requires the personal abilities of Taixue students, and they can keep their mouths shut after being arrested, that is, to ensure their loyalty.

This is the part that Zhang Yuan has to solve by Taixue.

The third is the coordination of the expeditionary army. There are many thorns in the army. It is difficult for people with tempers like Li Guang and Gongsun Ao to make them listen to the suggestions of Taixue students.

Even if the map is put in front of them, they can't be expected to make a correct judgment. Zhang Yuan has to make all the generals of the big man trust Wei Qing. Now Wei Qing is still too young, and he has only set off once. Li Guang and the others Most likely not convinced.

This is something that Zhang Yuan has to help Wei Qing solve, and of course it is for himself.

Zhang Yuan knew what the few Han-Hungarian wars in the world record before he traveled were like.

Basically, it was no different from the battle of Mayi. The commander gave each general a point for the army under his hand, and then said that you go this way and you go that way.

And then there is no more.

Whichever way is won is the credit of which general, there is no cooperation at all.

It was the same even when Wei Qing later became a general. Liu Che thought it was a good idea. It would be better for the generals in the army not to obey anyone else. Then it would be much easier for him to control these people as an emperor.

Zhang Yuan felt that it wasn't that Wei Qing didn't have the awareness in this regard, but that it was to avoid suspicion, and to make Liu Che completely at ease with him.

Zhang Yuan has nothing to say if he is as good as Wei Qing.

For example, after Li Gan knew that Liu Che and Wei Qing forced Li Guang to commit suicide, he beat Wei Qing up, and Wei Qing let Li Gan beat him up without saying a word.

It was clearly Liu Che's fault, on the one hand Wei Qing felt guilty to the Li family and on the other hand had to take the blame seriously.

Throughout the ages, any emperor probably hoped that his subordinates would be full of courtiers like Wei Qing.

Ever since people from Taixue moved into Zhang's mansion, the door of Zhang's mansion has never been closed. After all, the students all lived in the military tents on the side.

Zhang Yuan had things to do these few days, and Luo Xiahong took on all the teaching work by himself.

So both the students and the lecturers had to come in and out, and the whole yard became lively. Some little kids and teenagers in Zhang's mansion also went to listen to Luo Xiahong's lectures because of their curiosity.

Since they are from the Zhang family, Luoxiahong and the students of Taixue also have no objections.

Most of the knowledge about astronomical phenomena requires drawing pictures, which can arouse children's interest even more.

As soon as Zhang Yuan came back, he saw a group of children running towards the military tent holding small wooden chairs, paper and pens.

Paper, which is priced like gold in the outside world, can be used openly in the Zhang residence.

Leading the horse into the house, Zhang Yuan's originally troubled mood calmed down a lot.

"Homeowner."

Seeing that Zhang Yuan came back, a person immediately came over and took the reins from Zhang Yuan.

"Go to the military tent and ask Yan Yi and Wang Qing to come see me."

"Here."

When Yan Yi came over with Wang Qing, it was already time for a cup of tea, and Zhang Yuan reorganized his thoughts.

You can't always be free to lead students. Zhang Yuan still trusts Yan Yi and Wang Qing enough. Tell them the three points that need to be solved now. Maybe the three cobblers can really beat Zhuge Liang.

"teacher."

"Yeah, sit down."

After Yan Yi and Wang Qing sat down on both sides of Zhang Yuan, Zhang Yuan quickly talked about the things he needed to solve.

"Probably this is the case. If it can be solved perfectly, we will only win but not lose when we go to the Huns next year."

Yan Yi and Wang Qing were a little dazed after listening to it. They didn't expect Zhang Yuan to have contributed to so many things in such a short period of time.

Moreover, all the things that Zhang Yuan urged to promote were supported by Liu Che.

If it is true what Zhang Yuan said, if the problem is solved, the war against Hungary will be won, then these students will gain military merit for nothing when they go to the Northern Expedition next year.

If this is spread and others believe it, then the whole man will fall into a state of madness.

Countless honorable princes are afraid that they will scramble to make friends with Zhang Yuan, for no other reason than to stuff people into Zhang Yuan's plan.

The Cypriots going to Weiqing will still fight the Huns, and there is still a risk of death.

Don't say anything about sending people to Chu Da's side. If you die on the Xiongnu's side, the family will definitely benefit.

Only Zhang Yuan will enter the army when he goes out for an expedition, and it is very likely that he will be a high-ranking army commander, and he will not be too low.

The most important thing is that the generals and Wei Qing will not regard these people as big soldiers. As long as the battle goes well, they will definitely stay in the barracks or in the rear, and then the military merits will not be lost.

There is no hope for being a Marquis, but there is nothing wrong with being a high official of Qianshi. The people in the family will push forward at that time, and if they invest some resources, it is very likely that they will become a county guard.

But these benefits have to wait until Zhang Yuan solves all the problems before he can guarantee it.

"Teacher, students are stupid.

We may use official positions as incentives for Taixue.

But Daxing and the former general were really difficult to deal with. "

Yan Yi thought for a long time before speaking out what was in his heart.

(End of this chapter)